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Culture Minister defends art funding cuts

Ed Vaizey, the UK's Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has today defended budget cuts to Arts Council England previously announced by the coalition

Government Organisations 01 Dec 2010

Government launches inquiry into arts funding cuts

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons has issued a call for evidence on Funding of the Arts and Heritage. The inquiry is aimed at evaluating the impact "recent, and future, spending...

Government Organisations 29 Jul 2010

Government cuts Arts Council England's budget

The new governing coalition has cut £23m out of the Arts Council England's 2010/11 budget, which will result in £1.8m being cut from grants offered to regularly funded organisations

Government Organisations 18 Jun 2010

A vote for culture?

Arts organisations are facing a double whammy: hit by a drop in private sponsorship owing to the recession, they also face public spending cuts. Each of the three main political parties have shied away...

Photography 05 May 2010

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